| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Scientists close in on 'God particle' | | At the start of a big week for the Higgs boson, the most sought-after particle in all of physics, scientists in Illinois said Monday that they had crept closer to proving that the particle exists but had been unable to reach a definitive conclusion. |
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